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Anthropic's Claude Code v2.1.139 (May 2026) introduces the /goal command, which lets users set a completion condition so the AI autonomously runs multiple turns until an independent evaluator confirms the goal is met, el…
A new training-free refinement framework called DUNE (Diffusion Unified Network refiNEr) improves fidelity and reduces hallucinations in diffusion models by detecting and suppressing abrupt fluctuations in deep latents, …
A new Task-Conditioned Synthetic Data Generation (TCSDG) algorithm pairing a Bayesian Network generator with a transformer-based tabular foundation model (TabICL) improved machine learning performance in 89% of crop type…
A 30-month study of over 26,000 Chinese students found that using generative AI tools like Alibaba's Qwen boosted homework scores by 18% and cut completion time from 64 to 45 minutes, but monthly exam scores dropped by 2…
Alibaba's mapping lab released ABot-Earth, a generative 3D Earth model that creates 3D Gaussian splats from satellite photos in under ten minutes per square kilometer, pitched as a training ground for drone navigation. A…
Singapore-based AI video startup PixVerse has extended its Series C round to $439 million, pushing its valuation past $2 billion, up from roughly $1 billion in March, according to Bloomberg and KrASIA. The company now ha…
AI has delivered real productivity gains only in coding, where it helps developers build applications faster and cheaper, according to an opinion piece by M. Washington. The author argues that direct-use AI productivity …
Japan's Justice Ministry has drafted a report calling for legal protection of the voices and images of famous individuals from unauthorized use by generative AI, citing growing concerns over 'AI covers' that mimic singer…
Meta launched its Muse Image AI generator on Instagram by default for all public accounts on July 7, allowing strangers to scrape users' photos for AI-generated images, then killed the feature on July 10 after backlash f…
Japan's Justice Ministry has submitted an initial draft to an expert panel proposing legal protections for celebrities' voices and likenesses against unauthorized AI use, after more than 43,000 images and videos were fou…
Melodusk, an AI music generator that runs in the browser, lets users create original songs by describing their vision in natural language, with tracks generated in under 2 minutes. The platform offers genre selection, vo…
DoorDash engineers built a system using LLM juries and multimodal AI to generate and optimize food metadata, improving the accuracy and relevance of dish descriptions and attributes across its platform. The approach comb…
Microsoft's Visual Studio Code 1.128, released July 8, adds support for multi-chat agent sessions using Anthropic Claude agents, enabling users to compare approaches, branch from earlier turns, and run work in parallel. …
A developer's guide details how to integrate Claude Code with NanoBanana MCP for image generation and editing directly from the terminal. The integration exposes two tools—nanobanana_generate_image and nanobanana_edit_im…
The FBI reported roughly 59,000 romance scam victims in 2024, with generative AI making scams more convincing through deepfake videos and voice clones, according to The Women's Tech & Telecom Partnership's 2026 Impact Re…
A blogger has coined the term 'Turing Window' to describe the brief period when AI-generated writing goes unnoticed by readers, arguing that recognizable AI-isms such as the 'It's not X, it's Y' pattern erode trust and c…
Charlie Labs is enforcing daily and weekly Credits limits on all pricing plans, ending the previous practice of running without usage charges. The limits apply to agents, Daemons, and event-driven workflows, with unused …
Rewire Text 1.1.0, released today, adds custom transforms that let users save reusable AI instructions and a chaining feature to run multiple transforms in sequence. The update also introduces improved cost tracking with…
AI video generation tools can turn static product catalog images into marketing videos, addressing the high cost of traditional video production for e-commerce brands with hundreds or thousands of SKUs. Tools like Runway…
G-Eval, a prompting framework from Microsoft researchers that uses a large language model as a reference-free evaluator of generated text, scores open-ended outputs in a way that aligns with human judgment. The 2023 pape…